February 8

WASP Elizabeth Mitchell Bane 43-4 is born in 1915 WASP Peggy Martin is born in 1912

February 7

In 1943 Second Women’s Flying Training Detachment at Sweetwater is approved. WASP Jean Hanmer Pearson 43-3 is born in 1915 

1944 & HR 4219 – The Legislation to Militarize the WASP (Part I)

Iris Cummings Wings Pinning from Jackie Cochran with her father

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the United States was a country at war on two fronts, in both the European and Pacific Theater of Operations. In its aftermath, with the America’s direct involvement in the allied war effort, the U.S. built up both its military and airpower presence overseas.

January 3

WASP Florence E. Lawler Roberson 43-2 is born in 1916

December 25

Happy Holidays from your family at the National WASP WWII Museum! WASP Joyce E. Sherwood Secciani, 43-3, is born in 1921

December 21

WAFS Barbara Towne Fasken, is born in 1916 WASP Margaret C. Harper Watson, 44-1, is born in 1919 WASP Ann M. Brothers Frink, 44-3, is born in 1915 WASP Beverly […]

December 20

In 1944, the WASP program was deactivated. WASP Julie E. Ledbetter, 43-5, is born in 1921 WASP Julie E. Ledbetter, 43-5, is born in 1921

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December 19

WASP Mary Tufts Trotman O’Brien, 43-2, is born in 1919 WASP Jean Mohrman Springer, 43-5, is born in 1920 WASP Jean Mohrman Springer, 43-5, is born in 1920 WASP Edith […]